Too much to do this weekend? Lots to wrap over here. And much to cook too. But that's the fun part for me, even the adrenaline of doing special things without being discovered, sometime at the most unusual hours, haha​​! If you have still some gifts to get, take a tour of our Homemade section and you can find ideas for all.

Para empezar a empaparnos del espíritu, un poco de música, les parece? Incluso pueden leer el resto con la música puesta! Another Good Year de Lory Henriques:
To soak into the spirit, a little music, shall we? Another Good Year from Lori Henriques:

You may have already begun, but these are cookie days! I love trying new recipes, this year I made gingerbread ones from Rachel of Elephantine and they are delicious. I changed molasses for palm syrup and it worked perfect, they are golden, crispy and caramel like. If you are looking for a traditional recipe, ours is so nice! and you can find it here. And now I'm going for these: brownie cookies ... not bad ... You can check the recipe by clicking on the photo.

After making them, comes decorating and many people don't know how easy it is to make the frosting. There are two basic ways of making it, both are white and to give them color, you have to add food coloring one drop at a time, so that the colors doesn't get so intense. The first one is powdered sugar with drops of lemon juice, adding them until we achieve the consistency we want, it's fresh and nice. The second one is an egg white slightly beaten, until you have the first bubbles, then add powdered sugar until you get the consistency you want. This is the one that dries hard. When we have our mix, put it in a bakers sleeve, a bottle with tip or simply in a plastic zip bag and cut a little tip off from below.

Kids love all cookie process, but there is always one that can't put up with it. What can we use to keep him or her busy? This manger is just perfect! You can print it for them to paint, cut, play and look for a little box for it. Click and go for it.

I wanted to give you an idea: You sure already have everything you need to give to your family, but how about if we think of something as a gift for us all, something that will make us spend fun time together. And wrap it and put it along with the rest as a surprise. It can be a board game, tickets to the zoo, a walk to the park with picnic, a visit to the museum, a movie night with pop corn and all .... what do you think? I already know what mine will be!

Let's wrap it up today with another bit of music, so it lingers with us all week, the most beautiful carol of all, singed by a very diverse choir and with watery eyes. The one that only Handel knew: Hallelujah (He shall reign for ever). Enjoy.